Not sure why they call them Longhorn Beetle? I think somebody may be dyslexic as they're actually called Longicorn BeetlesThe perfectly rounds holes early are more than likely Longicorn larvae bore holes. Got similar holes in piles of Sugar Gum I have here. The larvae are generally yellow with a black head capsule.
Slowly catching up on posts I've missed. Been busier than a one legged man in an arse kicking contest...
Come home from work then straight down the shed to fix saws or sharpen/shorten guys chains. Or technical talks to grower groups. Been doing around 2-3 a week lately. I've actually enjoyed getting on the saws instead of fixing them.
Welcome back Kotter[emoji16][emoji106]Hi gents.
Sorry I've been missing in action. Been flat out in my day job and after hours so haven't had time to scratch myself. Never been so busy with saw stuff. More and more guys seen to be contacting me after Google searches have brought my name up. As far as local customers go I'm sick to death of ********* wrecking saws. Just in the last week I've fixed about half a dozen saws ranging from crank seals on 023/025/250's to full rebuilds on seized saws. The squashed 660 Benny mentioned a while back was an interesting one. Guy dropped a Redgum on it and it looked quite damaged externally. He took it to the local Stihl dealer who told the guy it was a write off. I take a look and after straightening the dogs, bar, and handle all it needs is a roller chain catcher, top engine cover, and brake handle. The dealer has been taking everybody for an absolute ride and customers are starting to wake up to it.
Other than that been doing a few tree jobs ranging from Casuarina windrows (again for the same company) through to pruning citrus.
Have tried to log back in a few times but the site has been down. I check the AS Facebook page regularly and see it's down nearly all the time. Becomes a pain in the arse after a while.
Anyway hopefully I'll get some email updates this time and have a few guys I need to call back, including one of the new members here. Apologies about the delays in replying.
To give you an idea of what people have been bringing in. This guy broke the stop switch spring in his 023. He'd been stopping it by shorting two wires out...
Benny has got me a new one but haven't caught up with him yet to grab it.
Zoe getting bigger too. Here she is with Tracy helping me monitor insect pests in citrus orchards. Wearing her crown she made at childcare of course and with melted Cherry Ripe around her mouth!
And a fox I drilled last weekend with the .222 - it's about the only rifle I own at the moment that doesn't need a new barrel. My .22/250AI burnt it's barrel out and is in getting a new one as we speak and my T3 Tikka in .25/06 is on its last legs with visible throat erosion. Still shooting under an inch but getting worse by the day. My old Rem 700 is still in the process of being built into a .280AI.
i'm having a semi custom built now and 3 months ago i was told should be done in 4 weeks 
It is 40 parts of fuel and 1 part fuel
I use the castrol app on my phone. Can quickly work out any ratio and any volume. Very handy.
